Chatham County, Georgia

Chatham County
County
Chatham County Administrative and Legislative Center in Savannah
Seal
Location within the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 31°58′N 81°05′W / 31.97°N 81.09°W / 31.97; -81.09
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Founded	February 5, 1777; 248 years ago (1777)
Named for	William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
Seat	Savannah
Largest city	Savannah
Area
• Total	632 sq mi (1,640 km2)
• Land	426 sq mi (1,100 km2)
• Water	206 sq mi (530 km2)  32.6%
Population  (2020)
• Total	295,291
• Density	470/sq mi (180/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	chathamcountyga.gov

Chatham County (/ˈtʃætəm/ CHAT-əm) is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Georgia, on the state's Atlantic coast. The county seat and largest city is Savannah. One of the original counties of Georgia, Chatham County was created February 5, 1777, and is named after William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham.^[1]

The U.S. Census Bureau's official 2020 population for Chatham County was 295,291 residents.^[2] This was an increase of 11.4% from the official 2010 population of 265,128 residents.^[3] Chatham County is the sixth-most-populous county in Georgia, and the most populous county in Georgia outside of the Atlanta metropolitan area. The county is the core of the Savannah metropolitan area.